(Photos courtesy of professional photographer Jon Kirn)
NSAA Jr. Stagekids will present Disney’s SLEEPING BEAUTY for the public on Monday August 31 at 5:00 and 5:45 pm. A $3 suggested donation will be taken at the door for admission at North Shore Academy of the Arts, 1111 Broad Street in Grafton. A cast of THIRTY SIX six to ten year olds from the southeastern Wisconsin region will perform. Each show lasts approximately 40 minutes and is produced and directed by Angela Mack.
Lead characters include ten year old Sydney Crivello who plays the lead “Aurora/Briar Rose” Sleeping Beauty. The evil sorceress, Maleficent, played by eight year old Dalin Kirn puts a curse on Sleeping Beauty that she will prick her finger and die on her sixteenth birthday. However, lead fairy “Merryweather” played by nine year old Elizabeth Schmid casts a spell that will simply make her fall asleep only to be awoken by her true love’s kiss. Six year old Xavier Robar, “Prince Philip” comes to the rescue and kisses her out of her sleep. However, this is the beginning of a big duel between Maleficent’s “Goons” and “Merryweather’s” fairies.
NSAA’s Jr. Stagekids Program introduces very young children to the world of live theater complete with costumes, set, makeup, choreography, characterization, memorization and blocking. The program has become so popular that it will be tripled this fall.
